Virginia Quality Birth to Five System (VQB5) Evaluation & Analysis

Doris Yan

Number of Sites in Each Quality Result Category

# A tibble: 3 × 3
  quality_rating       site_count percent
  <chr>                     <int>   <dbl>
1 Exceeds Expectations         79    2.53
2 Meets Expectations         2993   95.8 
3 Needs Support                51    1.63

Quality Ratings by Site Type

Quality Ratings by Ready Region

Takeaways

  • Most VQB5 sites “Meet Expectations” (~96%), indicating strong alignment with Virginia’s early education quality standards.

  • Public schools show the strongest quality performance overall:

    • 0% of public school sites are rated “Needs Support”
    • Public schools have the highest share of sites rated “Exceeds Expectations” among all site types, at 3.74%

  • Family Day Homes have the highest share of sites rated “Needs Support”, at 5.17%, compared to Centers (0.79%) and Public Schools (0%)

  • Capital Area has the highest percentage of sites needing support (3.89%) and the lowest percentage meeting expectations (91.83%) among all regions, despite having the largest total site count